Newsdeck: Glasgow aims to become UK's first net-zero emissions city By Reuters reuters
Glasgow City Council, working with ScottishPower, has pledged to make Britain’s third-biggest city the first to reach a “net zero” carbon emissions target and beat a 2045 overall target set out by the Scottish government on Tuesday.
For its part, ScottishPower said Britain’s approach to onshore wind power needed a fundamental rethink, adding that for Britain to meet a net-zero target it had to quadruple its renewable energy capacity and double its electricity generation. On Tuesday, the Scottish government said it would bring forward the date for reaching net zero emissions to “well before” 2045 – earlier than a previous 2050 target. Scotland, with its wet and windy weather, is home to one quarter of Britain’s renewable capacity, with wind power taking an increasingly prominent role in recent years.
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